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J. N. KAILOR. GLOVER HULLBR FRAME.

No. 472,792. PatentedApr .12, 1892.

ATTORNEY.

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JOHN N. KAILOR, OF COLUMBUS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO REEVES & 00., OF SAMEPLACE.

CLOVER-H U LLER F RAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 472,792, dated April12, 1892.

Application filed October 29, 1891. Serial No. 410,180. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, JOHN N. KAILOR, acitizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county ofBartholomew and State of Indiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Clover-Holler Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the construction of frames forclover-hulling IO machines of that class in which twooperating-cylinders are used and in which the main frameis mounted uponcarrying-wheels.

The objects of my improvements are, first, to provide aneasily-constructed frame having firm bearings for theoperating-cylinders, and, second, to provide, in connection with thelower front portion of the frame, a strong support for the frontbolster, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of the frame of aclover-hulling machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 represents, ona larger scale, a plan and a crosssection of one of the cross-beams ofthe frame.

The frame for the reception of the hullingcylinders consists of thevertical posts A, B, O, and D, arranged in pairs on opposite sides ofthe machine. The posts forming each pair are connected by short beams EF and at their lower ends by a east-iron plate G, which I term thearch-plate. Each of the plates G is notched on its lower edge, as at H,so as to allow the front carrying-wheels (not shown) to turn under theframe, and each plate is also provided at its lower front edge with ahorizontally-projecting arm I. To the arms I of the plate G, I bolt theopposite ends of the bolster J, having the fifth-wheel L, to which anaxle having carrying-wheels may be attached. Beams E and F are rigidlyconnected with their respective pairs of uprights by suitable framing,and they are each pro- 5 vided with a metallic boxing or hearing M,

adapted to receive one of the journals of a hulling-cylinder, the beamsEforming sup ports for the upper cylinder and the beams F formingsupports for the lower cylinder. The plates Gare securely bolted,respectively, to the lower ends of the posts A B and O D, so that theirarms Iproject toward the front of the frame. Posts A and O are connectedby cross-beams N and O, and posts B and D are connected by a Woodencross-beam P and a metallic cross-beam R. Beam R is provided on itsfront edge with a series of fingers S, either formed integral therewithor inserted, and the upper surface of the beam is inclined downward andinward.

The purpose of the fingers S is to co-operate with the teeth of thelower hullingcylinder when it is in position in separating theclover-seeds from the hulls, and the inclined position of the uppersurface of the beam is to direct the clover which has passed the uppercylinder to the lower cylinder.

In clover-hullers as heretofore constructed a separateplate havingfingers of leather or like material has been placed in the frame andtemporarily secured to perform the guiding and separating functions ofthis beam B. By making this a permanent part of the frame a cheaper andmuch more substantial structure is afforded. 7 5

,The plates G form a strong connection for the lower part of the frameand also a firm and rigid support for the bolster.

A secondaryframe T, of ordinary construction, to receive the rake-barsand usual separating and winnowing screens is secured to the rear sideof the main frame.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a frame for clover-hullers, thecombination of the vertical posts arranged in pairs, the posts formingeach pair being connected by the beams E and Fand the metallic plate G,and connecting cross-beams connecting said pairs of posts together,substantially as set forth, one of said cross-beams being of metal andhaving the projecting fingers S and arranged as shown and described.

2. In a frame for clover-hullers, the combination, with the verticalposts and the connecting horizontal beams forming therewith 5 arectangular frame, of the pair of metallic plates G G, each having anarm I and secured to the opposite sides of the frame, and the bolstersecured to said arms, all substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

JOHN N. KAILOR. lVitncsses:

B. M. HUTCHINS, H. P. I-IooD.

